namo

See also: nǟmõ and Nam̧o

Gothic

Romanization

namō

  1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉

Hiri Motu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.

Noun

namo

  1. mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood)

Lithuanian

Noun

namo m

  1. genitive singular of namas

Middle English

Etymology

no +‎ mo

Adverb

namo

  1. No more (of discrete items, such as would be described by mo and fewer)
    • Ther was also a Reve and a Millere, / A Somnour and a Pardoner also, / A Maunciple, and myself - ther were namo. — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, general prologue

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

Noun

namo m

  1. name

Inflection
Declension of namo
Singular Plural
nominative namo namin
accusative namin namin
genitive namin namno
dative namin namon

Descendants

Further reading
  • “namo”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *namô, whence also Old Saxon namo and Old Dutch namo, Old English nama, Old Norse nafn, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 (namō). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

Noun

namo m

  1. name
  2. (grammar) noun

Declension
Declension of namo (masculine n-stem)
case singular plural
nominative namo namon
accusative namon namon
genitive namen namōno
dative namen namōm

Derived terms
  • selb namo (manuscript) / selb-namo (editions)

Descendants

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *namô

Noun

namo

  1. name

Declension
Declension of namo
Singular Plural
nominative namo namon, namun, naman
accusative namon, naman namon, namun, naman
genitive namen, naman, namon namono, nomana
dative namen, naman, namon namon, namun
instrumental — —

References
  1. Altsächsisches Elementarbuch (Germanische Bibliothek. I. Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher. I. Reihe: Grammatiken. Fünfter Band; 2nd ed., Heidelberg, 1921) by Dr. F. Holthausen; p. 246 "namo sw. M. Name.", cp. p. 106ff.
  2. Gerhard Köbler, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch, (5. Auflage) 2014

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀦𑀫𑁄 (Brahmi script)
  • नमो (Devanagari script)
  • নমো (Bengali script)
  • නමො (Sinhalese script)
  • နမော (Burmese script)
  • นโม (Thai script)
  • ᨶᨾᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • នមោ (Khmer script)

Particle

namo

  1. salutation

Usage notes

Used in formula namo + dative of person honoured.

References

namo in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)

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